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WATCH LIVE: Bloomberg addresses ‘State of the City’ after proposing alcohol...

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday will deliver the 2012 State of the City address. On Wednesday, it was revealed that the Bloomberg’s administration was considering limiting alcohol...

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Jon Stewart mocks Bloomberg’s proposed super-sized soda ban

The Daily Show host Jon Stewart on Thursday night lampooned a proposal by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg to limit super-sized drinks. Under Bloomberg’s proposal, restaurants and places of public...

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Bloomberg on racial bias complaint: ‘Life isn’t always fair’

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg took issue with a racial bias complaint filed Thursday against eight local high schools, telling WNBC-TV, “Life isn’t always fair.” The NAACP Legal Defense Fund...

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Bloomberg: Vote Brown or Warren could ‘bring socialism back, or the USSR’

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is warning that a win for Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren could effectively mean the return of the Soviet Union. During a recent...

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Thousands of New Yorkers lack power as nor’easter approaches

Thousands still lack power or heat after Sandy but elsewhere city’s schools and subway lines are almost back to normal New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg promised Monday that all New Yorkers still...

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Bloomberg’s gun-control campaign recruits stars for ‘Demand a Plan’ video

The gun-control campaign Mayors Against Illegal Guns released a video Friday with stars from around the entertainment and sports world reiterating its demands for the nation’s elected officials to put...

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Bloomberg accuses newspaper and activists of racism for opposing stop and frisk

Speaking to gathered reporters on Tuesday morning, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) castigated the media and civil rights groups for not showing the same outrage over the recent killing of a...

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Mayor Bloomberg on racial profiling: ‘We disproportionately stop whites too...

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday insisted that “nobody” used profiling to target particular races. During his weekly interview with WOR’s John Gambling, Bloomberg argued that two bills...

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Woman accused of sending ricin to Obama gives birth behind bars

A Texas woman accused of sending the poisonous toxin ricin to President Barack Obama and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave birth behind bars earlier this month, officials said Wednesday....

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Watch live: Mayor Bloomberg addresses judge striking down stop-and-frisk policy

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg holds a news conference to address a federal judge’s ruling that the city’s stop and frisk policy is unconstitutional. Watch live, broadcast via NBC News on Aug. 12.

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Bloomberg endorses fingerprinting housing project residents for their own good

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) put forward an idea on Friday to install fingerprint scanners in the city’s Housing Authority projects. The Staten Island Advance reported that Bloomberg made...

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Texas ricin letter suspect says actress wife is trying to frame him

A Texas man suspected of mailing letters tainted with the neurotoxin ricin to President Barack Obama and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg told federal officials his wife sent the letters and is...

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Bill de Blasio wins NYC Democratic primary, may avoid runoff election

New York City Public advocate Bill de Blasio, who was criticized by outgoing New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I), is closer to replacing Bloomberg after winning the local Democratic primary...

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